diff --git a/thunarx-python.changes b/thunarx-python.changes
index 01be7ed..7aa48fa 100644
--- a/thunarx-python.changes
+++ b/thunarx-python.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun  8 08:08:17 UTC 2020 - Stefan Seyfried <seife+obs@b1-systems.com>
+
+- add -fcommon to CFLAGS to work around gcc10 default changes
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar 17 08:14:09 UTC 2020 - Stefan Seyfried <seife+obs@b1-systems.com>
 
diff --git a/thunarx-python.spec b/thunarx-python.spec
index 2d2dcff..c5529d2 100644
--- a/thunarx-python.spec
+++ b/thunarx-python.spec
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ This package provides the documentation files for python thunarx.
 %autosetup -p1
 
 %build
+# gcc10 workaround
+export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fcommon"
 %configure \
     --enable-gtk-doc \
     --docdir=%{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}